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Ian Miller is one of the most well-kent faces in the west of Scotland. A man of the cloth. An entertainer. A man who welcomed all denominations, anytime. A man who has married, christened, and buried the great, the good, and the lowly with equal gravitas and humanity. This is his life-story so far. In Habbie to Jeely-Eater, we find out about the man behind the scenes.

Set in the decades between the two World Wars, the captivating story of one man who banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog and a surprise visit that changes everything.

Growing up on his family’s cattle farm in western Iceland, young Orri has gained an appreciation for the beauty found in everyday things: the cavorting of a newborn calf, the return of birdsong after a long winter, the steadfast love of a good (or tolerably good) farm dog. But the outer world still beckons, so Orri leaves his no-nonsense Lithuanian Jewish mother and his taciturn father, Pabbi, to attend university in Reykjavík.

Food Poverty across Ireland: Past, Current and Future Perspectives. A symposium held on 5 May 2023 at Ulster University's Magee campus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here on Living Mosaic we help you discover how to take the broken shards left behind by the brutality of life and transform them into a stunning masterpiece you are proud to call your own. On this podcast we are going to explore different parts of life that have left us at a "Where do we go from here" cross roads. We hope that you will join in on the journey - learning alongside us and sharing your story as well. We are excited to have you here and would love for you to pop over and say, "Hello" to us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/livingmosaicpodcast/

Noted for his remarkable erudition, wit, and playful pessimism, Miller here ranges over topics from personal disasters to literary and national ones. Drawing on a truly immense store of knowledge encompassing literature, philosophy, theology, and history, he excavates the evidence of human anxieties around scarcity in all its forms (from scarcity of food to luck to where we stand in the eyes of others caught in a game of musical chairs we often do not even know we are playing).

Creating new memories by reliving old ones

In Losing It, William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: too old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it. The "it" in Miller's "losing it" refers mainly to mental faculties - memory, processing speed, sensory acuity, the capacity to focus. But it includes other evidence as wel l- sags and flaccidities, aches and pains, failing joints and organs. What are we to make of these tell-tale signs?